Shloka 393
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
रथानीकेन महता सर्वतः पर्यवारयत् | तब युधिष्ठिरने राजा भगदत्तको अपने बाणोंसे घायल करके विशाल रथसेनाके द्वारा सब ओरसे घेर लिया
sañjaya uvāca |
rathānīkena mahatā sarvataḥ paryavārayat |
サञ्जयは言った――大いなる戦車隊をもって、彼は四方より包囲した。ついでユディシュティラ王は、矢でバガダッタを傷つけたのち、巨大な車軍によってあらゆる方角から取り巻いた。これはただの残虐ではなく、手強き敵を抑え込むための、規律ある戦の所作であった。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, action is expected to be purposeful and disciplined: a king uses organized force to neutralize a dangerous opponent, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma—protecting one’s side through strategy rather than uncontrolled aggression.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior is encircled on all sides by a large chariot-formation; in the surrounding context, Yudhiṣṭhira wounds Bhagadatta with arrows and then has him hemmed in by a great chariot-host.